New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-18
A BRAZEN TOICE.

alnance DctWccn inc fr0nlDlh0nlStS and the
Rumscllcrs have apparently caused the organ
OF the former to lose It's head entirely, for it
| screams incohercnt abuse of this journal
altcrnated with impudent admissions Of the
truth which it is no longer possible to conceal.
Let it bc thoroughly understood" shrieks tho
raucOns Voice "hat the Prohbitionists
of the Nation indorsc tho action of those men
who oppose tho Crosby bill at Albany Lot it
be understood that the third party is per-
fcctly willing to shoulder the responsibility for
the defeat of that bill if it is defeated, and let
1T be understood that it proposes TO repeat such
attacks lust as often as it has the opportunity As
if determined to make its own prcpostcrousncss
unmi,takablc, tho organ in the same article asks
THE TRIBUNE, doesn't it know that it lies
when 1t says The Plohibilonists are out openly
in opposition to all restriction upon the liquor
traffic 7" II is very doubtful if a paper print
cd in an insane asylum by the patients them
selves, ever exhibited more painful incohcrcncy
or lack of the capacity to think In a straight
limo than this curious "Noicc y exhibits. 1t
actually docs not seem 10 perceive that it is
calling contemporary liar for merely stating
that which itself declares most positively TO bc
The truth. Surely this is IN indication OF
crankincss which The Sun" would consider
us justified in tcrming "hclctudinou.."
But the position of the third party Ohstruc-
tiOnsts is now such that the stultfyihg vagarics
Of their organ can neither help nor hurt them
1t is not necessary for L" The Voice " TO confirm
the diagnosis Of The TRIBUNE. The whole |
country can see for itself that the Ncw-York |
Prohibiiionists have openly ranged themselves !
on the side of free rum Perhaps it is well that !
"Ihc Voice makes a tardy confession of the
truth, for it mitiga;cs little the fragrant hypoc-
rsy and insinccrlty Of its previous attitude |
But nothing can restore belief in the sanity or
good faith OF those who while fatuously pre-
tending regard for the cause of temperance,
thus shamclcssly ally themselves with the liquor
interest, and declare war upon the only feasible
means of diminishing drunkenness The Pro-
hibtionlsts may as well understand that the
American people will Judge them by what they
do, and not by what they say. Words are idle
to vindicatc them from the condemnation which
their deeds ncccssitate. 1t is perfectly useless
for those who are fighting shoulder TO shoulder
with the saloon-kcepcrs against High License
TO attempt TO justify their attitude. Whether
or not. IA 1.-The Voice says, they are willing
TO shoulder The responsibility they will as
surcdly be compelled TO do so. They do not
at present seem TO comprehend what this i'm
plies, but time will open their sluggish under
and enable them TO realize to what
extent they have earned the contempt and rd-
Guile Of the American people by their incredible ,
pcrvcrscncss folly and Inconsistency. Hence 7
forth 1.-The Voice. will take rank with the O
weekly papers which frankly support the saloon +
interest and if it puts little force in it's
columns apart from its temperance editorials. ,
we mcan) il may run "1hc Bar" and "Thc L
oaloonist" hard in circulation among the dog
gercs and popularity among the sos who "
frequent them.
We are sorry for the sincere and wcll-mcan- Z
ng people whose lack Of practical ity and \
excessive scntmcntality has made them an d
,asy prey TO the utilities OF Prohibition argu-
ncnt. But if these people cannot sec the alb =
,olutc hOpclcssncss OF tho position into which :,
hey have been drawn, they must bear the h
jcnalcs which in this world follow bundcrs O
10 less certainly than deliberate sins OF $,
curse, there is not room for two opinions on c
he matcr-that is, two sane opinions. The Is
llird party has ranged itself against Temper 81
nee and on the side Of lntcmpcrancc. That u
5 the simple, ugly truth. The opponents of
Igh License are the friends of No License n
hat is, Free Rum. AS to Prohibition. then, ia q,
10 possible question Of that, and therefore it a.
must be ruled out Of the discussion. AS mat e'
or of legislation the choice lies between High =, -
license or nothing; and tho so-callcd Pro-
libitionists the Saoonatics, as they might now o.
NJ stylcd-dcc.arc themselves in favor Of the l.,
after. If, in the face Of these facts. their he
ryan wildly attempts 10 retain on their SILVER nj
ng frames one rag of sclf-rcspcct, by twaddlirg In
idiculous dcnas of what is as notorious ~ tbc he
TN at noonday. it only shows how utterly and of
wrong headed tho whole fanatical do
action is, and how necessary 1t is that the w
car-hcadcd and practical friends Of tcmpcr. su
nee should rclcgato it 10 the ulckcts and IN
wamps it affects by ncbuous instinct, and 70, 20
ush forward the Crosby High License bill ~
thout them and against them. III
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SUCCESSFUL CO-OPER1TJOV co,
Tho futuro of the Labor ouoo,,o, :; 80,